Flower Seeds 
ABEL’S SEED HOUSE, READING, PA 
Dishclotb or Lnffa. Fruits have sponge-like fibrous skeleton which 
may be used as a sponge. Let the fruits mature fully. Pkt. 10c. 
Dipper. Will hold about one quart of water. Pkt. 10c. 
Fine Mixed. All varieties in mixture. Pkt. 10c. 
GYPSOFHILA PACIFICA—Faniculata. Pacifica is a good rose col¬ 
ored perennial baby’s breath, coming into flower after the pani- 
culata varieties have passed. Flowers are produced the first season 
from seed and it is perfectly hardy. The plant reaches a height of 
3% to 4 feet, and is a veritable cloud of the numerous rose col¬ 
ored flowers, which are excellent in bouquets for a filler. Pkt. 15c; 
hioz. 40c; %oz. 70c. 
HELICHBYSDM—Strawflowers. This is one of the most widely 
^own of all Everlastings. It will make a wonderful display 
in the garden, blooming profusely from midsummer until late 
fall. For drying cut the blooms before they have fully opened, 
choosing preferably the early morning hours, while they are 
still moist with dew, and hang them head down in a cool, shady 
and airy place until they are thoroughly dried. The plants 
grow 2 to 2 ft. tall and will give a splendid display in beds 
or tall borders. They do best where they get full sunlight all day. 
Mixed Double. This mixture is truly wonderful. It has been care 
fully blended from eight colors in order to give a beautiful 
effect in the garden and yield lots of flowers for cutting and 
for winter bouquets. Every garden should include some of these 
wonderful large Strawflowers because they are so easy to grow, 
so free blooming, and serve so many different purposes. Our 
strain has been carefully selected for size and doubleness. Pkt. 
lOc; *4oz. 30c:%oz. 50c; oz. 85c. 
HELIOTROPE. Lemoine’s Giant Hybrids, Mixed. Half-hardy Peren¬ 
nial. Immense heads of lovely, very fragrant, little flowers that 
range in color from white through shades of blue and violet. 
Sow indoors in February if a long season of bloom is desired. 
Height 2 ft. Pkt. 15c; %oz. 50c; %oz. 85c. 
EHBISCtrS. Mallow Marvels. Perennial; blooms first year from 
seed if planted early. A very hardy plant growing 4 to 6 feet 
tall, with immense flowers in various shades of pink, rose and 
crimson all summer. Pkt. 10c. 
HEDCHEBA—Coral BeUe. Sanguines Hybrids—Dwarf compact 
plants with numerous flower-spikes in white, pink, rose and 
crimson. Grows 12 to 18 inches tall. Blooms from June until 
September. Pkt. 25c; 1/16 oz. 85c; %oz. $1.50. 
HDNKEMANKIA—Santa Barbara Poppy. Fumariaefolia. Magnifi¬ 
cent golden yellow. Poppy-like flowers borne erect on stiff stems 
2 ft. tall. Easy to grow in well-limed soil, particularly if it is 
rather sandy. The plants bloom from July until frost. This is 
also known as Giant Yellow Tulip Poppy. Sow the seed where 
it is to bloom as they cannot stand transplanting. Pkt. 10c; 
Vioz. 25c; %oz. 40c. 
HUNNEMANNIA—Sunlite. Sunlite is a double flowered poppy 
which is different. Its extra band of petals is produced on the 
outside, rather than the inside of the tulip shaped flowers, giv¬ 
ing the impression of being open, even after the cuplike blos¬ 
soms have closed for the night. The flowers are bright canary 
yellow, and the foliage of the two foot bush is a light gray- 
green. They like a sunny position in a well drained border and 
flower freely in late summer. Pkt. 15c: %oz. 40c; ^4oz. 70c. 
HOLLYHOCKS. (Althea Rosea). Perennial. Showy plants, 6 to 8 
feet tall, blooming during June 
and July. Excellent as a back¬ 
ground for other lower-growing 
plants. The colors Vary from 
white to the deepest maroon and 
from cream to deep yellow. We 
have Single Mixed and Double 
Mixed. Pkt. 10c; ^4oz. 30c; %oz. 
50c. 
Scarlet Beauty Double, Annual 
(New). See page 3. 
Bodger’s Annual Double Scarlet 
Beauty. A fully double Chater- 
type Hollyhock which will flower 
six months from time seed is sown 
—the outstanding characteristic 
of Scarlet Beauty. Size of flower 
and plant habit identical with 
Chater Hollyhocks, but this new 
annual can be sown in spring for 
summer flowers the same year. 
Pure intense scarlet color, gor¬ 
geously highlighting the garden 
scene. Scarlet Beauty is first of 
what will later be a whole race of 
annual flowering double Holly¬ 
hocks of this type. In sections of 
country where Hollyhocks winter 
over with difficulty. Scarlet Beauty 
fills an important need, and will 
save a whole year’s growing time. 
Will winter over where Chater 
type does, and is classed as per¬ 
ennial, blooming the first year 
from seed. Pkt. 25c. 
IBEBIS — Perennial Candytuft. Sem- 
pervirens—A favorite perennial 
for edging or rock gardens. 
Blooms from April to June and 
makes a wonderful show, with its 
white flowers borne profusely on 
plants 10 Inches tall. An old-fash¬ 
ioned favorite. Pkt. 15c; %oz. 
60c; */4oz. $1.00. 
IVY—Kenilworth (Linaria Cymbalaria). Perennial. A fine trailing 
cover plant with small, bright g:reen leaves and attractive little 
lilac-blue flowers. Forms a solid mass and is excellent for rock 
gardens. Pkt. 15c. 
KOCHIA—Burning Bush. Giant Christmas. Symmetrical plants 3 ft. 
tall, resembling an ornamental Evergreen. Pine for hedges. 
Turns deep crimson-purple in late fall. Pkt. 10c; %oz. 20c; 
%oz, 30c. 
LANTANA—Finest Mixed. Verbena-like flowers from midsummer 
until frost. Yellow, orange, red and pink shades. Height 18 
inches. Slow germinating. Pkt. 10c; %oz. 30c: %oz. 50c. 
LAVATEBA—Annual Mallow—Loveliness. A splendid free-flowering 
annual, gprowing 2 ft. tall. Large, soft pink flowers shaded car¬ 
mine. Blooms from midsummer until frost. Pkt. 10c; %oz. 25c; 
%oz. 40c. 
LAVENDER—True (Lavandula Vera). Perennial. The lovely, sweet- 
scented, blue flowers are often dried for use in the linen-closet. 
Pkt. 10c; hioz. 35c; hioz. 60c. 
ABEL’S ANNUAL LARKSPUR—Tall Branching Double Stock-Flow¬ 
ered. A magnificent type of larkspur growing 3 % ft. tall and 
producing throughout the summer a glorious display of long¬ 
stemmed flower-spikes closely set with large double blooms. The 
plants are of branching habit and are splendid for the mixed 
border, for large beds, and for cutting. 
Mixed. A blend of all the Tall Branching Double Stock-Flowered 
varieties including Flesh Pink, Orchid, Oarmine, Sky-Blue, Rose 
White, Striped Light Blue and others belonging to this type. 
Pkt. 10c; %oz. 25c; %oz. 40c; oz. 70c. 
GIANT IMPERIAL LARKSPUR—Upright Delphinium Form. This is 
the greatest improvement ever made in Larkspur. The plants are 
of an upright growth, as found in the perennial Delphinium. Each 
branch—and there are many to a plant—produces a solid spike 
of color. 3 to 4 ft. tall. 
Giant Imperial Iilixed. A well-balanced mixture of all the colors 
belonging to this glorious new large-flowered type of Larkspur. 
Pkt. 15c: %oz. 30c; l^oz. 50c; oz. 85c. 
Giant Imperial Los Angeles Improved. This is the same color as 
that popular stock flowered variety, Los Angeles, but in the 
vastly improved giant imperial type. It is the best of this type 
on the market. For greenhouse use, or where a tall, compact 
growing strain is wanted in the garden, this variety is preferable. 
The spikes are long and without side branches, making it an 
excellent kind for cutting. The color is a brilliant rose on 
salmon. Pkt. lOc; 1/16 oz. 65c: %oz. $1.00; ^^oz. $1.50; 
^4oz. $2.50; oz. $4.00. 
Giant Imperial Blue Bell. Blue Bell is a fine medium blue Lark¬ 
spur, deeper than sky blue, yet much lighter than lilac, a color up 
to this time lacking in the giant imperial type. The type is de¬ 
cidedly upright, with long basal branched flowering spikes, well 
adapted for cutting. Pkt. 10c; 1/16 oz. 65c; %oz, $1.00; 
1/4oz. $1.50; l^oz. $2.50; oz. $4.00. 
Stock Flowered Rosamond. Rosamond is a pure rose color, a 
shade which has been entirely lacking in Larkspurs up to this 
time. All other rose varieties have faded badly, but this one has 
that rare quality of holding the pure rose color until out of flower. 
It is very uniform in height, and comes into flower two weeks 
earlier than other stock flowered varieties. Pkt. lOc; 1/16 oz. 
65c; %oz. $1.00; ViOZ. $1.50; Vzoz. $2.50; oz. $4.00. 
LIATRIS—Kansas Gay Feather—Splcata. Elegant, fluffy, purplish 
rose flowers on long spikes. Blooms from July to September. 
2 to 4 ft. Pkt. 15c: 1/16 oz. 40c; hkoz. 70c. 
LiNUM _Perennial Flax—Perenne, Blue. Beautiful light blue floweri 
borne profusely from May until August, on graceful plants 2 ft. 
tall. Every day a new set of flowers opens up. Pkt. 10c; %oz. 
30c: hioz. 50c. 
LiNUM _Crimson Flax—Grandiflorum Buhrum. An old favorite with 
large, rich crimson blooms borne profusely on plants growing 18 
to 24 inches tall. Though the flowers last only one day, new 
ones appear every morning. Pkt. 10c; ^4oz. 25c: % oz. 40c. 
Mixed Gourds 
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